“ The Shambaughs came, bringing Letty. She simpered up to me. Her eyes summed up the lace tippets on my Princess dress and the wide taffeta sash that was cutting me in half.Well, Blossom, just look at y… Richard Peck
“ The trenches are all filled in, but the boys are still dying.'Then I could read her thoughts and I knew what this day meant. Mrs. Abernathy's son could have been my dad. Richard Peck
“ If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places. Richard Peck
“ Read to your childrenTwenty minutes a day;You have the time,And so do they.Read while the laundry is in the machine;Read while the dinner cooks;Tuck a child in the crook of your armAnd reach for the l… Richard Peck
“ A Seth Thomas steeple clock stood on a high shelf. When it struck ten, Grandma jerked awake. She looked around the room astonished. It was her belief that she never slept, not even in bed. Richard Peck
“ Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself. Richard Peck
“ This was something Grandma Tilly couldn't understand---how war promises a boy it can make a man out of him. Richard Peck
“ The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized. Richard Peck
“ I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. Richard Peck
“ Grandma, how old is she?Oh I don't know. Grandma said. You'd have to cut off her head and count the rings in her neck. Richard Peck
“ The sobs came then, faster than she could swallow. A teacher dares not cry, not a real teacher. Richard Peck
“ That's the way people is who ain't goin' anyplace in life theirselves. They don't want you goin' anyplace either. Richard Peck
“ She said that time was like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. She meant you could never go back. But of course we had. She'd taken me back. Richard Peck
“ But later when I was a teacher, an English teacher naturally, my students preferred fiction to reality. They were in junior high, and so they preferred ANYTHING to reality. Richard Peck
“ And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck. Richard Peck
“ Then a lady flounced up and perched on the seat opposite. She had a full bird on the wing sewn to the crown of her hat, and she was painted up like a circus pony, so we took her to be from Chicago. Richard Peck
